[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.9 # Garudapurana 1.9 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.12) — 1 part ### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 9 hariruvāca / samaye (yā) dīkṣitaḥ śiṣyo baddhanetrastu vāsasā / aṣṭāhutiśataṃ tasya mūlamantreṇa homayet // > The Holy Garuḍa Purāṇa — \[Chapter\] 9 / Hari said: / For the disciple initiated at the proper time, whose eyes are bound with a cloth, / one should offer a hundred and eight oblations with the root mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.2) dviguṇaṃ putrake homaṃ triguṇaṃ sādhake matam / nirvāṇadeśike rudra ! caturguṇamudāhṛtam // > The oblation is considered double for a spiritual son, and threefold for an adept; / for an instructor of liberation, O Rudra, it is declared to be fourfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.3) guruviṣṇudvijastrīṇāṃ hantā badhyastva(śca)dīkṣitaiḥ / atha dīkṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi dharmādharmakṣayaṅkarīm // > The slayer of a guru, of Viṣṇu, of a twice-born, or of women is to be put to death by the uninitiated. / Now I shall explain the initiation that destroys both merit and demerit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.4) upaveśya bahiḥ śiṣyāndhāraṇaṃ teṣu kārayet / vāyavyā kalayā rudra śoṣyamāṇānvicintayet // > Seating the disciples outside, one should cause concentration to be performed in them; / one should meditate on them being dried up by the airy portion, O Rudra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.5) āgreyyā dahyamānāṃśca plāvitānambhasā punaḥ / tejastejāsi taṃ jīvamekīkṛtya samākṣipet // > and burned by the fiery \[portion\], then flooded with water. / Uniting that individual soul, brilliance in brilliancy, one should cast it \[into the highest state\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.6) prāṇavaṃ cintayevdyomni śarīre 'nyattu kāraṇam / ekaikaṃ yo jayettatra kṣetrajñaṃ dehakāraṇāt // > One should contemplate the syllable Oṃ in the space \[of the heart\], and the other cause within the body; / there, one should dissolve each cause of the body from the knower of the field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.7) utpādya yojayetpaścādekaikaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja / maṇḍalādiṣvaśaktastu kalpayitvār'cayeddharim // > Having brought them forth, one should subsequently reunite them one by one, O bull-bannered one. / One who is unable \[to construct\] the maṇḍala and the rest should mentally project \[them\] and worship Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.8) caturdvāraṃ bhavettacca brahmatīrthādanukramāt / hastaṃ padmaṃ samākhyātaṃ patrāṇyaṅgulayaḥ smṛtāḥ // > And that should have four gates, in succession from the Brahma-tīrtha. / The hand is declared to be the lotus, and the fingers are regarded as the petals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.9) karṇikā talahastantu nakhānyasya tu kesarāḥ / tatrārcayeddhariṃ dhyātvā sūryandvagnayantareva ca // > The palm of the hand is the pericarp, and its nails are the filaments. / There, having meditated upon Hari, one should worship \[him\] between the sun and fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.10) taṃ hastaṃ pātayenmūrdhni śiṣyasya tu samāhitaḥ / haste viṣṇuḥ sthito yasmādviṣṇuhastastatastvayam / naśyanti sparśanāttasya pātakānyakhilāni ca // > With a concentrated mind, he should place that hand on the head of the disciple. / Because Viṣṇu resides in the hand, this hand is therefore the hand of Viṣṇu; / and from its touch, all sins are destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.11) guruḥ śiṣyaṃ samabhyarcya netre baddhe tu vāsasā / devasya pramukhaṃ kṛtvā puṣpamevārpayettataḥ / puṣpaṃ nipatitaṃ yatra mūrdhno devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ // > Having worshipped the disciple, and having bound \[his\] eyes with a cloth, / the guru, placing him facing the deity, should then offer a flower. / Wherever the flower falls from the head of the bow-wielding deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.12) tannāma kārayettasya strīṇāṃ nāmāṅkitaṃ svayam / śūdrāṇāṃ dāsasaṃyuktaṃ kārayettu vicakṣaṇaḥ // > he should assign that name to him, himself marking \[the names\] of women with feminine forms; / but for Śūdras, the wise man should assign \[a name\] joined with "dāsa". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.9.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9.12.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇudīkṣānidṛ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninth chapter, named “The Description of Initiation into Viṣṇu,” in the ritual section called the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.9) · Pramāṇa